I skipped a day, as far as posting, but I did work in my journal for day 2. I am working in a composition notebook, so I spent yesterday gluing some pages together and gessoing. I made a couple of backgrounds. too. Today’s artwork is one side of this journal spread. I am doing [...]
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January Art Journal - Day 3
January 4th, 2009 · 2 Comments
Tags: General · Mixed Media Art · inspiration
January Art Journal - Day 1
January 2nd, 2009 · 2 Comments
Misty Mawn issued an invitation to join her in art journaling throughout January. I decided to accept the invitation along with many other creative people! This art journal page was inspired by Milliande. I loved her idea of using images of doors that open and close. (Thanks for the inspiration!) The doors are operational [...]
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18 Ideas for using buttons:
January 1st, 2009 · 2 Comments
Happy New Year! To bring in the new year how about a little inspiration? One of my favorite scrapbooking/ art items to use are buttons! I compiled a small list of ideas for using buttons in your scrapbook/ art/ altered projects and layouts. I hope you find them helpful and inspire you to use your [...]
Tags: Free Stuff · General · Mixed Media Art · Paper · Tutorials · inspiration
Sneak Peek & other stuff
December 31st, 2008 · No Comments
Winter 2009 CHA is coming soon…which means DreamStreet Papers new collections will be released very soon! I have an itty-bitty-tiny sneak peek for you! In the January 2009 issue of CK Magazine we placed an ad, which features 3 of our new lines. Keep in mind that the ad only shows 3 out of [...]
Tags: General · Mixed Media Art · New Products · Paper
Christmas around our house…
December 30th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Our big Christmas tree was up in the attic somewhere and since we were finishing up our kitchen remodel, it was too big of a hassle to dig all the Christmas decorations out. So…we decided to keep it simple. I went to Michaels and bought a little 3 foot, pre-lit tree. I also bought some [...]
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Divine Romance
December 29th, 2008 · No Comments
I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas! It was busy and hectic around here, but so nice to spend time with my family. I found myself getting stressed and anxious during the preparations for our family get-together. Then… a thought occurred to me. I am so blessed! I have [...]
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An old hymn
December 24th, 2008 · 1 Comment
I love this old hymn and thought I would share it with you on this eve of Jesus’s Birthday. Happy Birthday Jesus and Merry Christmas to you!
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Love Birds
December 21st, 2008 · No Comments
In between wrapping presents, shopping, cleaning, and getting ready for Christmas, I have been trying to get in a little art time. Yesterday I decide to take a break and create. I was kind of stumped on what to do, so I went surfing the net for inspiration. I found this site: www.atcsforall.com. I had [...]
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Things that make you go… ummm???
December 15th, 2008 · No Comments
I picked up this old dictionary at a community garage sale a couple of months back. I think I paid a dollar or 50 cents? I love using the old pages in my mixed media collages and such.
Old Dictionary
Anyway, when I got it home and started looking through it I found the cutest & funniest [...]
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When life gives you…
December 10th, 2008 · No Comments
fudge that doesn’t firm (like the recipe says it is supposed to!)– IMPROVISE and make cupcakes with fudge frosting instead!
I was feeling pretty smart that I came up with an innovative solution to fix my un-firm fudge dilemma until I pulled the muffin pan out of the oven and found this:
The outside of my cupcakes were crispy brown and the insides [...]
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